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Euro-Friendly Midweek GvG--Any Interest?

Amazon Basin is trying to get GvG going on Tuesdays at the Euro-friendly time of 3:30pm EDT/7:30pm GMT/8:30pm BST/9:30pm CET.

We know we can field at least 4 natives. What we need is extra help in filling out our ranks with players who would like to play GvG but whose guilds are not playing at that time. We will happily rotate players in and out of the team so that everyone can play, though of course we'll need to ensure that we have the minimum of 4 natives.

Our goal is to expand our PvP player base. We have found that if we play PvP and have a good gathering of people on our TS server, we get more of our players to drop by out of interest. This means we can introduce more people to PvP.

As you can imagine, the quality is extremely uneven. Players will often play unfamiliar roles, and the leaders often lack the kind of experience that will allow them to make good tactical calls. However, all of that is part of the learning process, and we believe that if we can offer PvP more consistently during this time period, we can improve the level of play overall. We do have a build, as we're trying to get people to become familiar with one or two key roles on an individual level and learn how those synergize with the build as a whole.

At any rate, if you would like to join us, please let me know either by posting in this thread or PMing me. You should also have our general contact information. The easiest way to contact us is to hang out in our irc channel, #ab-gw on gamesurge. WildPax is the main organizer. Pax is also on xfire as Pax - Susan. Her ingame name is Pax Vildevarg. You can also find us on our teamspeak server, which I believe many of the folks here have on their server list.

We're open to people with all degrees of PvP experience, and would appreciate the insights of more experienced people while welcoming the interest of the less experienced people.

And, of course, RB and AB have played together quite a bit. Here's hoping that we can work something out to the advantage of both our guilds. smile

--ceolstan
Co-Leader, The Basin
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Although I can't speak for everyone, Tuesdays is usually a bad day since we usually run variants around the same time frame too. Maybe if you can change the day and/or extend the invite to our little alliance there will be a better turn out?

KoP
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Variants typically run at 8:30 PM eastern, which would peg them at about 5 hours after Ceolstan is suggesting.

As for me, I wouldn't mind doing GvG, but I'm afraid that's not a possiblilty right now.
Alea Jacta Est - Caesar
I live my life by Murphy's Law.
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Time zones KoP. This is 3:30 EST. tongue

Two of our very active euro GvGers recently left our guild, though I bet Jude could still rope them in if she's on. (No pressure. [Image: lol.gif] )
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What Euro-Friendly GvG
When Tuesday. Meet at 9:30pm Central Europe Time. That's 8:30pm BST/7:30pm GMT/3:30 Eastern US Time.

Where The GvG channel on the Amazon Basin TeamSpeak server. The password is in the link. Following more links gives you the address.

You can also get invites if you hang out in our IRC channel: #ab-gw on gamesurge.net.

Build: Posted in the TS channel. The current build is swiped from I Agony Realm I as a balanced build good for teaching positioning and teamplay. It's also posted here.

We know that we can get the 4 natives, but we often will need guests--especially when we are first getting going. We would appreciate and welcome guests who are willing to play with a wide variety of skill levels--from impatient newbies to some fairly strong players.

Cheers! thumbsup

--ceolstan
Co-Leader, The Basin
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Thanks to Foxbat for showing up. We managed to have 3 games: 2 wins and 1 loss. Foxbat led us in the last game for a win. Again, good game!

The goal here is to do this every Tuesday at the same time. Foxbat says that there are few active in Euro-times over in RB, but for those who are active, you're certainly welcome to join us. It's tough for guilds with international memberships to offer 8v8 PvP on weekdays, as our PvP base is spread across various timezones. Weekends, of course, are always easier. However, for those people who like PvP and are active at the off hours, perhaps something like this will serve as an opportunity for some pickup GvG--and with the added bonus of being in an environment that's a lot less crude than that provided by #gwp. wink

Cheers, and once more thanks to Foxbat!

--ceolstan
Co-Leader, The Basin
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Fox there was a time that I could probably rope them in but with the new Guild that they are in (no not one created by them) I am not sure. I want to get GvG back up and running. Don't get me wrong I love playing with the Basin, but we can't take our rating there....lol.

Jude smile
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Jude Phailin Wrote:Fox there was a time that I could probably rope them in but with the new Guild that they are in (no not one created by them) I am not sure. I want to get GvG back up and running. Don't get me wrong I love playing with the Basin, but we can't take our rating there....lol.

Jude smile
This is true. You will definitely wish to have GvG events that will benefit RB and its ratings/player base.

We'll be doing some Euro-friendly GvG again today at 3:30pm EDT/ 7:30 pm GMT/ 8:30 pm BST/ 9:30pm CET. The current tweaks to the build are listed here.

For what it's worth, it might be a good idea to find a niche time for RB where RB can get 4 players online for GvG. RB can provide the build and the bulk of the players. Then pull from AB or other guilds to fill out the ranks. AB is currently running events that start around 9pm or 10pm EDT on most weeknights. Since the majority of our players are PvX, they find these events very attractive. However, it's a sure thing that earlier in the evening, players would be happy to help out with GvG, especially those of our players who have closer ties with RB players. It might be the case that after an hour or so in the RB Vent server, the channel might be more filled with RB players, and they should take preference over AB players in an RB PvP setting. smile

We don't want to get in a position where we're pulling each other's PvP players from each other's PvP events. That's no good for either of us. smile

Cheers!

--ceolstan
Co-Leader, The Basin
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